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America needs “a new and fundamentally different approach to incarceration” that prioritizes respect for human dignity, says the Vera Institute of Justice.
In a major report entitled “Reimagining Prison” released Wednesday, Vera outlined a blueprint for correctional authorities that would dramatically transform prison practices and design,...

“We’re taking a leap,” said Scott Erfe, the warden of the super-max Cheshire Correctional Institution in central Connecticut.
The inmates seem to agree the leap is worthwhile.
In a live-streamed interview Wednesday, young men who have been living most of this year in a special, insular unit...

As the medical outreach liaison for The Mesothelioma Center at Asbestos.com, I meet with the nation’s top specialists and researchers who strive to find a cure for mesothelioma.
The Pacific Mesothelioma Center’s 7th annual 5K Walk/Hike for Mesothelioma is an important event in the fight for...

The consensus says that the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation process and its narrow outcome pose a crisis of legitimacy for the Supreme Court.
And, within 24 hours of his swearing in, the newly minted justice acknowledged the clamor, and stepped forward to address the situation. He had...

Federal drug-trafficking prosecutions along the southwest border dropped to their lowest level in nearly two decades this summer as the Trump administration pushed its “zero tolerance” crackdown on illegal immigration that separated thousands of children from their parents, USA Today reports. The decision to prosecute...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) says he will move a criminal justice reform compromise bill after the Nov. 6 election if it has 60 votes, The Hill reports. The Senate GOP conference is divided on the package, which merged a House-passed prison-reform bill with...